Originally Posted by Gone Flying (Post 3404476)

As mentioned above, reserve GS is where I see most pilots flying premium.

fly a trip on days off, get paid straight time for the trip, have your next reserve days = to that trip length dropped with no affect on your guarantee (plus a carve out for more time off if the trip releases after 3pm) . If you do it right you finish the month with 150 or so credit having worked fewer days than if you sat reserve. (This is referred to as rolling thunder)

the trips I get on reserve tend to be the long days and short nights that we see in the bid package, the trips I see go out as GS tend to be broken up and far less actual flying.

rolling thunder and GSWC don’t solve the company’s staffing problems.

Originally Posted by Herkflyr (Post 3404480)

I suppose I'll let the cat out of the bag. The beauty of rolling thunder is that it in effect functions as a GSWC...but is covered under the earlier, GS step of coverage. The company has no choice but to award the reserve GS. Often times they will do everything that they can to avoid GSWC, and they are still rare for the most part.

Originally Posted by Herkflyr (Post 3404480)

I suppose I'll let the cat out of the bag. The beauty of rolling thunder is that it in effect functions as a GSWC...but is covered under the earlier, GS step of coverage. The company has no choice but to award the reserve GS. Often times they will do everything that they can to avoid GSWC, and they are still rare for the most part.

Originally Posted by Nantonaku (Post 3404502)

Which really doesn't make very much sense, you are still robbing Peter to pay Paul. Reserves are almost guaranteed a trip in many categories right now, so in the end what is the difference? I keep GSWC slips in but never get a call. Almost every single day I look at reserve coverage and it is always right around 0. It is amazing to me the wheels don't fall off more often just by looking at the reserver coverage in my category.

Originally Posted by Nantonaku (Post 3404502)

Which really doesn't make very much sense, you are still robbing Peter to pay Paul. Reserves are almost guaranteed a trip in many categories right now, so in the end what is the difference? I keep GSWC slips in but never get a call. Almost every single day I look at reserve coverage and it is always right around 0. It is amazing to me the wheels don't fall off more often just by looking at the reserve coverage in my category.

Originally Posted by Gone Flying (Post 3404507)

I can’t imagine we don’t melt down this weekend. My phone won’t stop ringing on non holiday weekdays.

summer is gonna be fun

Originally Posted by Gone Flying (Post 3404507)

I can’t imagine we don’t melt down this weekend. My phone won’t stop ringing on non holiday weekdays.

summer is gonna be fun

Originally Posted by Fourpaw (Post 3405478)

Help me understand this one.

Find a nice trip in open time. Put in for the trip specifically in addition to my blanket GS. Call the company and they say it’s out on GS call at the moment…currently on pilot 2.

Waiting for my call…it gets awarded to a slightly more senior WS? I thought once a trip was on GS that’s it?